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the colgate maroon founded 1868 vol c colgate university hamilton n v ~ march 21 1968 no 19 colgate theatre ensemble working out in the dana arts center during the creation/performance of the fortnight of active arts last weekend see page 5 for two fortnight reviews page 7 for fortnight story university sets guidelines on drugs by barry wallach 68 drug committee report a statement establishing guidelines for a university policy on drug use was re leased monday by the stu - dent - faculty committee on drugs the committee whose year-long study of the issue is still in progress released its draft proposal for a uni versity statement on marijua na at this time due to what dean of students william f griffith termed as an im mediate need for such a statement griffith who is a member of the committee said that the proposal will probably become the official universi ty position after consider ation at an administrative staff meeting i three points he three-point proposal eh is prefaced by a para ph explaining that the university is deeply concern ed about the potentially harmful effects which may follow from the use of drugs reads as follows /. the university is bound by existing state and federal nar cotics laws therefore the univers ity does not condone the illegal use possession or distribution of marijuana and other illegal drugs on the colgate campus 2 the university recognizes the freedom and right of the student to choose the course of his actions however it cannot permit activities which interfere with rights and freedoms of others 3 the university does not as sume any legal responsibility for the choice which students make concerning the use of marijuana any student who violates the law does so at his own jeopardy the university however will seek to provide relevant in fromation and opportunities for counselling in this matter while the statement meets what university attorney warren ashmead recently cited as the university's need to publicly declare that it does not condone drug use so as to free itself of possible liability in drug incidents it does not spell out exactly what the university's disciplinary au thorities will do if they learn of drug use by colgate stu dents according to griffith the use of marijuana and other illegal drugs is potentially disruptive in the same way he argued that the use of al cohol in dormitories can be noisy and disruptive thus the possibility of disruptive drug use is what is meant by the committee's reference to activities which interfere with the rights and freedoms of others griffith explained counselling activities in cases where drug use senate approves honor code puts students on committees by robert b donin 71 the student senate voted monday night to accept the university honor system and sent it on for consideration by the educational policy committee of the faculty the senate agenda also in cluded the presentation of student affairs committee regulations on date registra tion sexual behavior and party rules approval of the general code of conduct and interfraternity council rec ommendations for next year terming it anachronistic for a progressive - liberal in stitution like colgate not to have an honor system stu dent affairs committee chair man steve barrett 68 pre sented the revised honor code the document which ac cording to barrett will be distributed throughout the campus as soon as possible states that at colgate uni versity we strive to maintain an academic community and we thus subscribe to . . . self evident ideals â€” dignity hon esty integrity under the provisions of the code all examinations will be unproctored and students may leave the exam room at any time an honor court created to deal with infract ions will consist of seven stu dent members however un der the new system students are not required under penal ty to report infractions violations will be punish able by immediate suspension and loss of credit for the se mester during which the in fraction was incurred in ad dition violators may not ap ply for readmission until at least one full semester has elapsed the honor code passed by a 17-9 margin a motion by jay sterling 68 of kdr to poll the student body within two weeks follow ing the spring recess concern ing their reaction to the hon or code was adopted by con sent barrett also explained that the general code of conduct as amended by the epc is expected to be approved by a vote of the faculty the gen eral code states that it is the aim of this community to pro vide an atmosphere in which the maximum amount of in dividual freedom may be ex ercised party rules barrett presented the date registration and sexual be havior policies recently ap proved by the student affairs committee of the faculty he explained that under new reg ulations parties are no long er classified as formal or seaberg zarecki score victories senate elections easily out-distancing his opponent len berkey robert seaberg 69 was elected presi dent of the student senate in a campus-wide vote monday john zarecki 69 won the vice presidential race over bob benion commenting on his vic tory seaberg said the most important thing now is meet ing new trends in liberal arts institutions in relating ideals to the concrete situations i foresee an increase in student rights and student power through a consolidation of the senate according to seaberg his campaign was waged on a personal basis he said the major difference between myself and my opponent len berkey was line of approach for example berkey pro posed solving the problem of social atmosphere by increas ing the number of party weekends i advocated the in troduction of co-education in to the free university unlike seaberg john zar ecki attributes his victory to a stand on a vital issue fra ternities my position was for the limitation of house autonomy he said the vote seems to indicate many people agree with me on this prob lem zarecki foresees his future role as one of organizer he said i want to get the com mittee structure of the sen ate organized and working i hope to increase communica tion among committees sen ate and the student body the most pressing task which faces the senate im mediately says seaberg is presenting the new honor code to the faculty and en suring its passage and insti tution according to peter kenny 69 chairman of the elections committee over seventy per cent of the student body cast ballots a record percentage for the university the new officers will take office at the next senate meeting april 8 robert seaberg john zarecki university flans co-ed january by dan brumbaugh 69 under the aegis of the sesquicentennial committee the student senate and dean of students william f grif fith last week enthusiastical ly endorsed a proposal to link the university skidmore and williams colleges into a com bined january studies pro gram the combination of fa cilities and the prospect of co-education said gil joseph 69 co-chairman of the com mittee would provide the university student with a wider possible spectrum of study and intellectual chal lenge the proposal will of fer opportunities to integrate the resources of each campus he says beginning on a limited basis next year the plan calls for departmental committees made up of the faculties of the three colleges the com mittees are to formulate courses to be studied at the respective campuses students would be able to live and take programs at each campus and one catalog would con tain the courses of the three colleges the plan originated in the student senate at skidmore college and endorsed by skid more's president was submit ted to the university and williams college the presi dent of williams is expected to concur in april the wil liams student governing body favorably recommended the program last week continued on page 10 continued on page 12 this is the last issue of the maroon under present manage ment the next issue of the paper under the leadership of the 1968-69 editorial board will appear on april 11 see page four for when the music's over a final editorial comment by the present board

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the colgate maroon founded 1868 vol c colgate university hamilton n v ~ march 21 1968 no 19 colgate theatre ensemble working out in the dana arts center during the creation/performance of the fortnight of active arts last weekend see page 5 for two fortnight reviews page 7 for fortnight story university sets guidelines on drugs by barry wallach 68 drug committee report a statement establishing guidelines for a university policy on drug use was re leased monday by the stu - dent - faculty committee on drugs the committee whose year-long study of the issue is still in progress released its draft proposal for a uni versity statement on marijua na at this time due to what dean of students william f griffith termed as an im mediate need for such a statement griffith who is a member of the committee said that the proposal will probably become the official universi ty position after consider ation at an administrative staff meeting i three points he three-point proposal eh is prefaced by a para ph explaining that the university is deeply concern ed about the potentially harmful effects which may follow from the use of drugs reads as follows /. the university is bound by existing state and federal nar cotics laws therefore the univers ity does not condone the illegal use possession or distribution of marijuana and other illegal drugs on the colgate campus 2 the university recognizes the freedom and right of the student to choose the course of his actions however it cannot permit activities which interfere with rights and freedoms of others 3 the university does not as sume any legal responsibility for the choice which students make concerning the use of marijuana any student who violates the law does so at his own jeopardy the university however will seek to provide relevant in fromation and opportunities for counselling in this matter while the statement meets what university attorney warren ashmead recently cited as the university's need to publicly declare that it does not condone drug use so as to free itself of possible liability in drug incidents it does not spell out exactly what the university's disciplinary au thorities will do if they learn of drug use by colgate stu dents according to griffith the use of marijuana and other illegal drugs is potentially disruptive in the same way he argued that the use of al cohol in dormitories can be noisy and disruptive thus the possibility of disruptive drug use is what is meant by the committee's reference to activities which interfere with the rights and freedoms of others griffith explained counselling activities in cases where drug use senate approves honor code puts students on committees by robert b donin 71 the student senate voted monday night to accept the university honor system and sent it on for consideration by the educational policy committee of the faculty the senate agenda also in cluded the presentation of student affairs committee regulations on date registra tion sexual behavior and party rules approval of the general code of conduct and interfraternity council rec ommendations for next year terming it anachronistic for a progressive - liberal in stitution like colgate not to have an honor system stu dent affairs committee chair man steve barrett 68 pre sented the revised honor code the document which ac cording to barrett will be distributed throughout the campus as soon as possible states that at colgate uni versity we strive to maintain an academic community and we thus subscribe to . . . self evident ideals â€” dignity hon esty integrity under the provisions of the code all examinations will be unproctored and students may leave the exam room at any time an honor court created to deal with infract ions will consist of seven stu dent members however un der the new system students are not required under penal ty to report infractions violations will be punish able by immediate suspension and loss of credit for the se mester during which the in fraction was incurred in ad dition violators may not ap ply for readmission until at least one full semester has elapsed the honor code passed by a 17-9 margin a motion by jay sterling 68 of kdr to poll the student body within two weeks follow ing the spring recess concern ing their reaction to the hon or code was adopted by con sent barrett also explained that the general code of conduct as amended by the epc is expected to be approved by a vote of the faculty the gen eral code states that it is the aim of this community to pro vide an atmosphere in which the maximum amount of in dividual freedom may be ex ercised party rules barrett presented the date registration and sexual be havior policies recently ap proved by the student affairs committee of the faculty he explained that under new reg ulations parties are no long er classified as formal or seaberg zarecki score victories senate elections easily out-distancing his opponent len berkey robert seaberg 69 was elected presi dent of the student senate in a campus-wide vote monday john zarecki 69 won the vice presidential race over bob benion commenting on his vic tory seaberg said the most important thing now is meet ing new trends in liberal arts institutions in relating ideals to the concrete situations i foresee an increase in student rights and student power through a consolidation of the senate according to seaberg his campaign was waged on a personal basis he said the major difference between myself and my opponent len berkey was line of approach for example berkey pro posed solving the problem of social atmosphere by increas ing the number of party weekends i advocated the in troduction of co-education in to the free university unlike seaberg john zar ecki attributes his victory to a stand on a vital issue fra ternities my position was for the limitation of house autonomy he said the vote seems to indicate many people agree with me on this prob lem zarecki foresees his future role as one of organizer he said i want to get the com mittee structure of the sen ate organized and working i hope to increase communica tion among committees sen ate and the student body the most pressing task which faces the senate im mediately says seaberg is presenting the new honor code to the faculty and en suring its passage and insti tution according to peter kenny 69 chairman of the elections committee over seventy per cent of the student body cast ballots a record percentage for the university the new officers will take office at the next senate meeting april 8 robert seaberg john zarecki university flans co-ed january by dan brumbaugh 69 under the aegis of the sesquicentennial committee the student senate and dean of students william f grif fith last week enthusiastical ly endorsed a proposal to link the university skidmore and williams colleges into a com bined january studies pro gram the combination of fa cilities and the prospect of co-education said gil joseph 69 co-chairman of the com mittee would provide the university student with a wider possible spectrum of study and intellectual chal lenge the proposal will of fer opportunities to integrate the resources of each campus he says beginning on a limited basis next year the plan calls for departmental committees made up of the faculties of the three colleges the com mittees are to formulate courses to be studied at the respective campuses students would be able to live and take programs at each campus and one catalog would con tain the courses of the three colleges the plan originated in the student senate at skidmore college and endorsed by skid more's president was submit ted to the university and williams college the presi dent of williams is expected to concur in april the wil liams student governing body favorably recommended the program last week continued on page 10 continued on page 12 this is the last issue of the maroon under present manage ment the next issue of the paper under the leadership of the 1968-69 editorial board will appear on april 11 see page four for when the music's over a final editorial comment by the present board